Still Counting

It’s a wet, wet Sunday morning. It’s been raining since I woke and it looks like it’s gonna rain come Christmas day. A bed weather indeed.

It is the fourth Sunday of Advent. So what season comes next after Advent? You’re right, it’s Christmas.

Last night I attended the 8th Simbang Gabi and it is also an anticipated mass for today. I was praying the rosary before the evening mass when my bracelet rosary chain broke and the swarovski stones were scattered on the floor. The elasticized chain gave up on me after so many years of continued use. I normally wear it when I go out. Good thing I still have four more rosary bracelets made of different materials and were gifts from close friends. I make rosaries as gifts but I also receive several ones from friends as pasalubong (souvenirs) from abroad mostly from Vatican, Siena, Spain and from the Holy Land. I even have a ring rosary sent by a friend from Italy.

I went out for a while to buy some fruits from the village store. Local fruits are more expensive than the imported ones, the latter mostly from China. Mangoes, papaya, melons, pomelo – they have it all there. Pears and apples are plenty so with imported oranges.

And the Christmas clock says, it’s one day, fourteen hours to go before Christmas 🙂

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I’m surprised that your tropical fruits are so expensive, Arlene. Sounds as if someone is making excessive profits. You only have to get Monday out the way, and you will have your special day. 🙂
(Then you can reset your Christmas Clock for next year…)
Best wishes, Pete.

Mangoes are P150.00 a kilo and there are only two in a kilo. Melons are P100.00 each and watermelon costs around P120.00 to P130.00 each. They all go by the kilo. Grapes are cheaper at P250.00, at least you can eat a little more. They’re seedless. The Christmas Clock is online, I just have to visit it to get the exact days and time. Thanks Pete.

Arlene, why are they importing the fruit? I’d think your homegrown fruits would be of superior quality. Especially the tropical varieties. Fruit is very expensive here too. A kilogram of good apples can cost $ 4.00 and more if they are organic. Seems like everything is getting more expensive everywhere in the world.

Oh, they sell lots of imported ones which are not normally grown here. During New Year, fruits are even more plenty because of traditions that we have to buy thirteen kinds of round fruits and serve them on the table. Some prefer twelve for the 12 months of the year.

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